Depression stress and family environment in Cardiac patients

INTRODUCTION "Everyone has a doctor in him or her: We just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness." Hippocrates The stimulation of Cardio vascular diseases (CVD) has become an fearful health problem across the globe. Clearly, then, health psychologists are involved because depression and stress is a major promoter to cardio vascular diseases (Gathright, Goldstein, Josephson and Hughes, 2017). Considerable achievements have been made in the decrease of Cardio vascular diseases mortality rates by reducing exposure to conventional risk elements such as smoking and hypertension. Researchers have acknowledged that psychological elements are as relevant as conventional risk factors in prohibiting the onset of cardio vascular diseases. The cardiovascular system incorporate of the heart and blood vessels. Cardio vascular disease in particular,